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WHAT IS THE MATERIAL MOST SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE MADE OF?
STAINLESS STEEL
3 TYPES OF FINISHES FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
POLISHED
SATIN
EBONIZED
WHAT DOES THE SUFFIX "TOME" REFER TO?
CUTTING INSTRUMENT
AN INSTRUMENT USED FOR INCISION, SHARP CISSECTION, OR EXCISION REFERS TO WHAT CLASSIFICATION OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT?
CUTTING OR DISSECTING
ANOTHER NAME FOR KNIFE
SCAPEL
WHAT SIZE SCAPEL HANDLE DOES A 20 BLADE FIT?
#4
HOW DO YOU REMOVE A KNIFE BLADE?
WITH A NEEDLE HOLDER
WHAT SIZE SCAPEL BLADE IS USED MOST OFTEN?
#10 ON A #3 HANDLE
WHEN SCISSORS ARE USED TO SPREAD AND OPEN TISSUE PLANES, WHAT IS THIS CALLED/
BLUNT DISSECTION
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TYPE SCISSORS TYPICALLY USED TO CUT SUTURE?
STRAIGHT MAYO SCISSORS
THIS CLASSIFICATION OF INSTRUMENT IS USED TO MANIPULATE TISSUE OR REDUCE FRACTURED BONE.
GRASPING OR HOLDING
TISSUE FORCEPS CAN ALSO BE CALLED THIS.
PICK-UPS OR THUMB FORCEPS
LANE, LOWMAN, LEWIN, AND KERN ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT CATEGORY INSTRUMENT?
GRASPING/HOLDING
THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT IS USED TO OCCLUDE BLEEDING VESSELS
HEMOSTAT
STRAIGHT HEMOSTATS ARE FREQUENTLY USED FOR THIS PURPOSE WHEN SUTURING.
TO TAG SUTURE
THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT MAY BE ATTACHED TO THE OR TABLE FOR STABILITY TO HELP VIEW THE OPERATIVE SITE.
SELF RETAINING RETRACTOR
SPECULA AND ENDOSCOPES ARE EXAMPLES OF?
VIEWING INSTRUMENTS
THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT IS OFTEN USED WITH A GROOVED DIRECTOR.
A PROBE
THESE INSTRUMENTS GRADUALLY DILATE A DUCT OR ORIFICE
DILATING
NEEDLE HOLDERS ARE DESIGNED TO HOLD WHAT?
CURVED SUTURE NEEDLE
THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE USED TO REMOVE BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS FROM THE OPERATIVE SITE.
SUCTION
A FRAZIER SUCTION IS FURNISHED WITH THIS TO FACILITATE CLEANING IF THEY BECOME CLOGGED
A STYLET
THIS TYPE OF SUCTION HAS A REMOVEABLE COVER AND MANY HOLES
POOLE SUCTION
THIS INSTRUMENT FITS INSIDE A HOLLOW CANNULA AND IS USUALLY SHARP TO ALLOW FOR PENATRATION OF A BODY CAVITY
A TROCAR
THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT ARE TYPICALLY USED WITH AN OPERATING MICROSCOPE
MICROINSTRUMENTATION
THIS IS A LIST OF THE INSTRUMENTS INCLUDED IN EACH INSTRUMENT SET
COUNT SHEET
THE TYPE OF INSTRUMENT SET USED IN ABDOMINAL CASES IS WHAT?
LAPAROTOMY SET (MAJOR OR MINOR)
THIS TYPE OF SPECIALITY INSTRUMENT IS USED TO VIEW A STRUCTURE IN A BODY CAVITY
ENDOSCOPE
SCOPES ARE INTRODUCED INTO THE BODY VIA THIS
TROCAR AND CANULLA
2 TYPES OF SCOPES
FLEXIBLE
RIGID
THIS IS ATTACHED TO AN ENDOSCOPE TO ALLOW VIEWING ON A MONITOR
CAMERA
THIS PROVIDES ILLUMINATION WHEN USING AN ENDOSCOPE
FIBEROPTIC LIGHT SOURCE AND LIGHT CORD
INSTRUMENTS POWERED BY COMPRESSED AIR, NITROGEN, BATTERIES, OR ELECTRICITY ARE CALLED?
POWER TOOLS
MOVEMENT OF AN OSCILLATING BLADE IS WHAT DIRECTION?
SIDE-TO-SIDE
THIS INSTRUMENT UTILIZES A RAPID ROTARY MOTION TO INSERT PINS TO REDUCE A FRACTURE
DRIVER
THIS INSTRUMENT USES ROTARY MOTION TO REAM THE SHAFT OF LONG BONES
REAMER
THE ACRONYM "LASER" STANDS FOR?
LIGHT AMPLICATION BY THE STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION
THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE PARALLEL WAVES OF LIGHT PRODUCED BY A LASER ALLOWING FOR PINPOINT ACCURACY
COLLIMATED LIGHT WAVES
THE TYPE OF LASER USED MOST FREQUENTLY IN THE OR?
CO2 LASER
ACTION OF CO2 LASER
HEATS THE INTRACELLULAR FLUID DESTROYING THE CELL BY VAPORIZING THE WATER.
THIS IS WORN BY THE SURGEON FOR ADDITIONAL LIGHT AT THE OPERATIVE FIELD
FIBEROPTIC HEAD LAMP
A SPECIAL RETRACTOR THAT IS COMMONLY USED DURING BREAST AUGMENTATION
FIBEROPTIC (LIGHTED)RETRACTOR
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF SPECIAL SURGICAL EQUIPMENT IS THE PHACO MACHINE
IRRIGATION/ASPIRATION UNIT
THIS USES EXTREME COLD TO DESTROY TISSUE
CRYOTHERAPY UNIT
THIS USES CO2 AND A VERESS NEEDLE TO ESTABLISH A PNEUMOPERITONEUM
INSUFFLATION UNIT
THIS HELPS TO IDENTIFY AND PRESERVE ESSENTIAL NERVES
NERVE STIMULATOR
THIS USES A VACUUM TO REMOVE FLIUDS FROM A PATIENT
SUCTION SYSTEMS
THIS PROVIDES AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT THROUGH THE PATIENTS TISSUE TO CUT OR COAGULATE
ELECTROSURGICAL UNIT (ESU)
TWO TYPES OF ESU
MONOPOLAR
BIPOLAR
BIPOLAR IS USED FOR WHAT?
DELICATE TISSUE WHERE THE SURROUN DING TISSUE NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED
WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE CIRCUIT OF A BIPOLAR UNIT TO WORK?
A GROUNDING PAD (DISPERSIVE ELECTRODE)
3 COMPONENTS OF MONOPOLAR UNIT?
GENERATOR
ACTIVE ELECTRODE
DISPERSIVE ELECTRODE
WHAT IS THE ACTIVE ELECTRODE OF A MONOPOLAR UNIT?
THE BOVIE PENCIL (ELECTROSURGICAL PENCIL)
THIS TYPE OF ESU USES A FORCEPS LIKE TIP ES THE ACTIVE ELECTRODE
BIPOLAR
A GROUNDING PAD IS NOT REQUIRED WHEN?
WHEN USING BIPOLAR
3 SETTINGS FOR ESU
CUT
COAG
BLEND
TYPES OF BOVIE TIPS INCLUDE-
BLADE
BALL
LOOP
FORCEPS
PLACEMENT OF BOVIE PAD?
ON A LARGE FLESHY AREA FREE OF HAIR AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO OPERATIVE SITE-NOT OVER A BONY PROMINENCE OR METAL PROSTHESIS
RISKS OF USE OF ESU?
BURNS
ELECTRICAL SHOCK
VAPORIZED TISSUE FROM ESU IS CALLED WHAT?
PLUME
THIS USES ULTRASONIC ENERGY FOR PRECISE CUTTING AND COAGULATING
HARMONIC SCALPEL
THIS IS USED ON AN EXTREMETY TO RESTRICT BLOOD FLOW TO OPERATIVE SITE
PNEUMATIC TOURNIQUET
BEFORE PLACING A TOURNIQUET, THIS MUST BE DONE
PADDING PLACED AROUND EXTREMITY
THESE ARE APPLIED TO THE PATIENT'S LEGS TO PREVENT DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS LEADING TO PULMONARY EMBOLISM
SCD- SEQUENTIAL COMPRESSION DEVICE